Tuesday, 3 June 2014

"The Linux Kernel 3.14.5 is now available for the users and all the users of 3.14 kernel series must upgrade", announced Greg Kroah-Hartman.This Linux Kernel version comes with plenty of fixes and improvements. This article will guide you to install or upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.14.5 in your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system.

Fixes

net-gro: reset skb->truesize in napi_reuse_skb()

ipv4: initialise the itag variable in __mkroute_input

ipv6: gro: fix CHECKSUM_COMPLETE support

ip_tunnel: Initialize the fallback device properly

batman-adv: fix local TT check for outgoing arp requests in DAT

batman-adv: increase orig refcount when storing ref in gw_node

batman-adv: fix reference counting imbalance while sending fragment

batman-adv: fix indirect hard_iface NULL dereference

net: gro: make sure skb->cb[] initial content has not to be zero

bonding: fix out of range parameters for bond_intmax_tbl

net: phy: Don't call phy_resume if phy_init_hw failed

rtnetlink: wait for unregistering devices in rtnl_link_unregister()

ipv6: fix calculation of option len in ip6_append_data

net: avoid dependency of net_get_random_once on nop patching and many more.